Which ATA College (Kentucky) certificate program has the lowest debt?

Dental Hygiene and Assisting graduates leave with a median of $12,930 in federal loans, the lowest among 4 ATA College (Kentucky) certificate programs that report debt.

How much does ATA College (Kentucky) cost?

Tuition and fees are $14,200 a year for all students. After grants and scholarships, the average net price is $28,611 a year.

How many ATA College (Kentucky) programs report graduate pay?

4 associate's programs and 5 certificate programs at ATA College (Kentucky) report first-year pay, and 8 of them also report federal debt.

ATA College (Kentucky) Programs, Ranked by Graduate Pay and Debt

ATA College
Private for-profit college
Louisville, KY
363 undergraduates

College Scorecard June 2026 release

The short answer

5 ATA College (Kentucky) certificate programs report what graduates earn. Practical Nursing pays the most in the first year ($41,553), and Diagnostic and Treatment Professions the least ($28,917). The median program pays $29,280. ATA College (Kentucky) also has 4 associate's programs that report pay.

Tuition and fees$14,200Per year, for all students

Average net price after aid$28,611Per year

Graduation rate46%Within 1.5 times the normal program length

All 4 associate's programs, ranked

Each figure is the median for the program's graduates. "Rank in Kentucky" compares first-year pay with the same field's associate's programs across Kentucky. Programs that don't report a figure are listed last when you sort by it.

#	Program	Year 1 pay	Year 5 pay	Debt	Rank in Kentucky
1	NursingAbout 3 graduates a year	$64,478	$75,209	$43,416	14th of 26
2	Practical NursingAbout 44 graduates a year	$47,266	$54,464	$32,477	1st of 1
3	Diagnostic and Treatment ProfessionsAbout 3 graduates a year	$37,568	$37,508	$24,500	13th of 13
4	Allied Health and Medical AssistingAbout 2 graduates a year	$29,013	$34,819	$25,563	6th of 7

Program names link to the program's own page, and Kentucky ranks link to the full ranking for the field. A program gets its own page when it reports both pay and debt and at least five Kentucky programs in the field do too.

One more associate's program reports debt but not pay, so it isn't listed.

All 5 certificate programs, ranked

Each figure is the median for the program's graduates. "Rank in Kentucky" compares first-year pay with the same field's certificate programs across Kentucky. Programs that don't report a figure are listed last when you sort by it.

#	Program	Year 1 pay	Year 5 pay	Debt	Rank in Kentucky
1	Practical NursingGraduates a year not reported	$41,553	$52,095	$28,849	3rd of 17
2	Health and Medical AdministrationAbout 3 graduates a year	$29,507	$31,068	$20,145	5th of 15
3	Allied Health and Medical AssistingAbout 5 graduates a year	$29,280	$32,347	$16,640	4th of 8
4	Dental Hygiene and AssistingAbout 11 graduates a year	$29,032	$28,312	$12,930	1st of 3
5	Diagnostic and Treatment ProfessionsGraduates a year not reported	$28,917	$32,315	Not reported	6th of 6

Common questions

Practical Nursing graduates earn a median of $41,553 in their first year, the most of 5 ATA College (Kentucky) certificate programs that report pay.

About this data

Earnings and debt only include students who received federal financial aid, and earnings only count graduates who were working and not enrolled in more school.
Debt only includes federal loans. Private loans and credit cards are not counted.
Tuition, net price, graduation rate, and admission rate are for the whole school, not one program.
Some schools with several campuses report one combined figure for all of them. We count each of those schools once, and leave them out of Kentucky rankings when their main campus is in another state.
Scorecard figures describe graduating classes from several years ago.

Sources

U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard, field of study and institution files, June 2026 release
NCES, IPEDS tuition and fees, 2023-24, for in-district tuition labels